You said you would be here at five, and I like punctuality.

Without beating round the bush, I suppose I may take it for granted that the _Evening Graphite_ is indebted to you for what it is pleased to call the Board of Public Construction scandal ?" "Yes," said the young woman, seating herself; "I came up to tell you that I procured for the _Graphite_ that interesting bit of information." "So I supposed.

My colleague, Henry Alder, saw Hazel this afternoon at the offices of the Board.

The good man Hazel is panic-stricken at the explosion he has caused, and is in a very nervous state of mind, more especially when he learned that his documents had gone to an unexpected quarter.

Fortunately for him, the offices of the Board are thronged with journalists who want to get statements from this man or the other regarding the exposure, and so the visit of Alder to Hazel was not likely to be noticed or commented upon.